City report · Kuzbass, Russia
Mezhdurechensk Air quality today
Air quality in Mezhdurechensk currently reads AQI 12 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 12
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.9
- tree cover
- 48.8%
- trees in this area
- 139K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Mezhdurechensk, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 12, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Mezhdurechensk · AQI 12 (Good)
Mezhdurechensk's tree count comes to 139,359 trees across 11.43 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Mezhdurechensk today: AQI 12, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
1.9
PM10
2.2
NO₂
1.2
O₃
63.0
SO₂
1.6
CO
133.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Mezhdurechensk's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 10 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 79 on Nov 7.
Where Mezhdurechensk stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Mezhdurechensk: Healthy tree cover
48.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.43 km² of land.
Trees in this area
139,359
Target trees
139,359
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Mezhdurechensk lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Mezhdurechensk has lost about 1,980 hectares of forest (about 2,800 football pitches): 8.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (81%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for mining and energy.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,980 haabout 2,800 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 8.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,590 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 126 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 139 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2019, when about 200 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 ha | 3 ha | 9 ha |
| 2002 | 5 ha | 4 ha | 10 ha |
| 2003 | 24 ha | 13 ha | 37 ha |
| 2004 | 99 ha | 15 ha | 114 ha |
| 2005 | 62 ha | 5 ha | 68 ha |
| 2006 | 131 ha | 38 ha | 169 ha |
| 2007 | 32 ha | 2 ha | 34 ha |
| 2008 | 24 ha | 5 ha | 29 ha |
| 2009 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2010 | 56 ha | 16 ha | 72 ha |
| 2011 | 24 ha | 20 ha | 44 ha |
| 2012 | 19 ha | 12 ha | 31 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2014 | 7 ha | 5 ha | 12 ha |
| 2015 | 9 ha | 2 ha | 11 ha |
| 2016 | 61 ha | 10 ha | 71 ha |
| 2017 | 104 ha | 12 ha | 116 ha |
| 2018 | 185 ha | 4 ha | 189 ha |
| 2019 | 132 ha | 68 ha | 200 ha |
| 2020 | 114 ha | 7 ha | 121 ha |
| 2021 | 123 ha | 16 ha | 139 ha |
| 2022 | 111 ha | 23 ha | 134 ha |
| 2023 | 73 ha | 3 ha | 75 ha |
| 2024 | 93 ha | 48 ha | 141 ha |
| 2025 | 93 ha | 51 ha | 143 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Mezhdurechensk?
- Mining and energycleared for good77% · 1,520 ha
- Loggingcan grow back18% · 356 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good3.5% · 69 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 24,000 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 23,100 ha
- Overall change
- −924 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mezhdurechensk shrank from about 24,000 hectares to 23,100 hectares, a net loss of about 924 hectares (−3.8%). New forest grew on about 142 hectares, but 1,070 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Mezhdurechensk right now?
The latest reading for Mezhdurechensk shows an AQI of 12 (Good), observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Mezhdurechensk today?
At AQI 12 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Mezhdurechensk been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Mezhdurechensk's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 10 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 79 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Mezhdurechensk lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Mezhdurechensk has lost about 1,980 hectares of forest (about 2,800 football pitches): 8.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (81%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for mining and energy. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 126 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 139 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mezhdurechensk shrank from about 24,000 hectares to 23,100 hectares, a net loss of about 924 hectares (−3.8%). New forest grew on about 142 hectares, but 1,070 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Mezhdurechensk?
Mezhdurechensk has an estimated 139,359 trees across the 11.43 km² of land measured — 48.8% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Mezhdurechensk need?
Mezhdurechensk has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Mezhdurechensk's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Mezhdurechensk; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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